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Oil Wastewater in Drinking Water Aquifers

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Did you know that for every barrel of oil, a California oil well produces 19 barrels of wastewater?

State regulators allowed oil companies to pump this waste into drinking water aquifers. Oil wastewater is often laden with salts, heavy metals and chemicals like benzene — not good for farmers, not good for humans.

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